Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1887-11-26
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD,
General Farm and s,ooE NO,os.


Sheep require very careful manage. |
ment. They need the right kind of
food just the right quantity of Il. |
dry healthinl range and pasture. and
plenty of fresh air. When rightly
managed they are the most profitable
OF farm stock--eyen in these depressed
times-but otherwise they come 10
grief more quickly and more fatally
than any other.
At tine late Forestry Congress il was
stated by Professor Budd that in
Iowa they had found that white pine
was one OF the best timbets to grow.
Groves planted eighteen years ago
were now from 40 TO so feet IN height.
No particular experiments had been
made with red pine, but II seemed TO
flourish wherever planted and proved
very ornamental. Observations made
by the Iowa people had shown that IN
drouth white pine made the best
growth OF any tree in the state. Red
pine probably came next, and iU was
followed by white spruce. OF course.
this excepted silver spruce, which
seemed to make home and flourish
everywhere.
A writer IN lioard's Dairyman ar.
CUES that insteadoi offering a prize for
the COW that can make the most but.
ter, We should offer one for the COW
that makes the most at the least
cost, Had this been the rule at the
late National Dairy Show, he saws,
the Holstein COW, Clothilde, and her
daughter, would not have gotten the
prize. The little Jersey COW. Gold
Lace, weighing not half as much "a
Gothilde. makes within oil liz ounces az
much butter. Her butter must have
been made 80 yer cent. cheaper.
Whether the large or small COW be
the more profitable on small farms. is
a disputed question. As a rule, good
feed and good care has not q little TO
do Sith the question Of profit or loss.
The advocates Of large cows urge that
there Is an increased value in such
stock when II comes TO the butcher,
but this Is not Of much consequence,
for such beef does not have high
market value. Select whatever kind
we may Tor the diary, ii we consult
our profits we must look for tho one
that makes the hest returns Tor her
keep, all other considerations OF sire
and weight are only Of minor import.
anoe. The best COW at the milk pail
will be the best breed for the owner.
French farmers commence to adopt
the German plan Of dealing with the
wool clip that is, several owners as
sociste TO classify tieeces according to
lneness. Generally five classes are
made. Lambs are Ehorn az six in pref.
erence TO eighteen months old, but
then there u a special demand for
I their wool Tor cashmeres and merinos.
The Romans were so particular about
excellence Of fleece that they covered
their best sheep with skin jackets to
/ protect the wool from external injury.
I The plan rendered Il iiner. more easily
secured aud dyed. and Il fetched a
higher price. Ia Iespest TO washing
sheep France to-day adopts come Of
the practices Of the early Gauls.
The COW that has been dried OF
and IS waiting 10 come in fresh. must
also lie fed in;ellieently, not only "a
provide food for herself and embryo
calf. bat 20 bring her into good con
/ dition when she Is ready for milk; bu,
she will not have that heavy drain on
her system which pertains to the COW
IN iuit How. The steer. fully matured
and Il che season be not advanced, IL
order to more easily tatien him foi
market, " content wiihvery ordinary
ralions until the time arrives Tor I'LL
ing his frame with choice beef II th,
wants 81 each animal be noticed. and
the food be given in q manner so a.
best 10 promote the objects sought
there vii br quite n saving in th'
course 81 season u the herd Is .
large one.